Smoking and HRT questions

[Jasmine96]

Today is the first day I've not had a cigarette for a very long time. And if I'm lucky this will be the first of many many more to come.

However I'm very nervous for my doctor's appointment on the 28th. I made an appointment to see a doctor about getting hormones and now I'm wondering if this is enough time to quit. As far as I know I'm fairly healthy, between optimum weight and overweight and young.

My question is do you all think I'll have to wait longer for hormones because I quit too late or not? Thank you to everyone who responded in advance.

[Dena]

Chemical withdrawal from smoking is pretty fast and you should be well over it in a week. Habit withdrawal may be a year or more. As the doctor would be worried about not smoking any longer, I think it shouldn't be a problem unless you return to smoking. At this point, all it takes is one so don't take the first one and you should be fine.

[Dani]

The real danger with smoking tobacco and HRT is the long term effects on your cardio vascular system. Blood clots are a major problem and once you have a blood clot, no proper doctor will prescribe you hormones ever again.

[Linde]

The real danger with smoking tobacco and HRT is the long term effects on your cardio vascular system. Blood clots are a major problem and once you have a blood clot, no proper doctor will prescribe you hormones ever again.

And we ll know, or should know that tobacco consumption is great in causing blood clots!

[Swedishgirl96]

I wonder what it is in cigarettes that causes blood clotting. Is it the nicotine? Could you vape while on hrt?

[GingerVicki]

That is a good question because I failed at quitting cigarettes because I started vaping. The first week was disgusting with coughing and hacking.
I am stepping down the nicotine levels and trying to stay busy and it is helping some.

[Dani]

I wonder what it is in cigarettes that causes blood clotting. Is it the nicotine? Could you vape while on hrt?

The nicotine is responsible for the cardiac issues.

The only safe option is to quit smoking /vaping forever.

[Pisces228]

I smoked from the time I was 14 until I started HRT at 27. For many of those years I was at two packs a day. I quit cold turkey the day I started hormones because estrogen was more important to me than cigarettes and the risk of a blood clot. It was the hardest thing I ever did but I am so happy I quit smoking.

[Jasmine96]

I'm more than happy to hear that pieces 😁. To hear that you don't have to be quit for some arbitrary amount of time before getting hormones is one hell of a relief. I guess just keeping my fingers crossed now that I'm healthy enough to start them

[male2me]

Thanks for asking this, because I had been wondering this myself! I'm also wondering if smoking weed on HRT is a problem? It's not something I want to bring up to my endo, or something I do regularly.

[Lisa_K]

I'm also wondering if smoking weed on HRT is a problem? It's not something I want to bring up to my endo, or something I do regularly.

I quit smoking tobacco cold turkey and switched to vaping about 4 years ago. I still love vaping and enjoy it as kind of a hobby. When I first started, I went with 18mg/ml of nicotine and then went to 12 then to 6 then to 3 and now am at zero nicotine and still love vaping just as much. Just stay away from pod systems that use nicotine salts because they're all high in nicotine.



I started using cannabis in 1967 and never stopped. I started HRT in 1972 and am still doing that too. I'll be 64 in a couple of weeks. YMMV.